The early bird catches the worm. It’s day five of Tales of the Cocktail 2016, and the penultimate sessions have just wrapped up. An 8 AM alarm clock rings—what? In New Orleans?--to taste precious Cognacs from 1975, 1969, and oh… 1914, aged for 72 years. But that’s a story for another post. A brief spell... Continue Reading →
Inside Jamaica’s Clarendon Distillery: Home to Monymusk Rum and a Certain Captain
In early 2016, I toured a number of Jamaican rum distilleries as part of a tour organized by WIRSPA and their Authentic Caribbean Rum (ACR) program. What follows is my take on one of the distilleries we visited--in this case, Clarendon, part of National Rums of Jamaica. Rum isn’t always pretty. Awash with images of... Continue Reading →